Vasco da Gama 12 Advanced

Item number: VDG1057-Download

A comfortable start in the world of travel animation

The perfect starter package if you want to add some impressively stylish route
animations to your holiday video. The Advanced Version delivers very nice
results for DVD productions in standard resolutions ? and all that at an
attractive price.

Vasco da Gama 12 - Simply beautiful travel routes

Experience the new possibilities of Vasco da Gama
12 and easily create beautiful travel animations. Start at dawn with a
motorhome in Hamburg, see the sights of Paris, drive into the sunset to
Barcelona and fly from there again towards the sun... Just beautiful!

If you want to create a travel animation for your
holiday movie, then Quick & Easy Assist 3 is just the thing for you.
With just a few clicks you can put your route together or simply import
your own GPS track. Now select your vehicle and let the journey begin.
Many other new features provide you with more variety in the design,
such as displaying a compass, navigation globe with position arrow,
hiding and showing of text, setting stopover times, and other new
features.

And if you want more, just switch to the expert mode and there are
many more ways to spice up your travel movie.

New: Clouds - cheerful to cloudy

Another visual highlight for your travel animation.
Clouds are now also entering Vasco da Gama 12. You can choose from a
wide range of different types, from cheerful to cloudy, but also stormy.

New: Clear pictures - better view of your most
beautiful pictures

Upload your images to Vasco da Gama 12 and take
advantage of the enhanced viewing experience. Your images are now always
displayed in full richness, independent of light and shade, so your
viewers won't miss a single detail.

New: Quiet movements
simply no hectic pace

New: Smoother camera movements
the power lies in the tranquility

The "Calm Motion" function has been further refined and
is now available in 4 levels. Decide individually to what extent the
function should influence the event. The movements of the vehicles appear
less hectic, creating harmonious animations.

The "Calm Motion" function is now also available for the
automatic camera modes. With just one click you can smooth choppy camera
movements and create a smooth tracking shot. Your travel animations seem
much more attractive.

New: GPS - Full GPS support in simple map mode

The simple map mode for flat maps now
gets a big improvement. All GPS options are now also available in simple map
mode. All you need for this is a geo-referenced map, e.g. from Vasco
StreetMaps, then all functions such as searching for places, automatically
placing sights, setting waypoints via GPS, using location display, etc., are
available to you. Both map formats, WGS84 and Mercator, are of course
supported.

New: Drones camera mode - tracks every move

The drone camera mode offers you
exciting possibilities for the camera view. Automatic camera guidance
follows every movement of your vehicle. Whether left or right, the camera
adopts every change of direction. If you use the popular flight mode for
your flight, the rolling movements of the aircraft are even transferred to
the camera, resulting in fascinating camera movements.

New: BlueMarble 2018
Our earth in new splendor

New: National borders
water and land can now be switched on separately

Completely new and in connection with the new clouds an
absolute eye-catcher for your travel animation. The land in rich colors, the
sea in dark blue with Caribbean turquoise as a highlight at the most
beautiful places in the world. Of course, the new map is also available for
the small navigation globe.

Now you have the freedom to choose whether you want to
display the country borders only on land or also on water.

Additional improvements and modifications

Improved earth atmosphere with finer nuances

The map import for the simple map mode has been revised

Additional country flags added, such as Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia

3D object animations can now be switched off for hold objects and free objects

The standard location display (small globe) can now also be used in the simple map mode

Easy Assist: the compass rose can now be positioned in all 4 corners

Easy Assist: GPS tracks can now be imported

Easy Assist: All GPS functions now also available in simple map mode

Vasco da Gama 12 in practice

Create impressive
animations of your travel experiences. Have you ever virtually traveled
from Berlin to Shanghai? No problem with Vasco da Gama 12. You decide
what the route should look like with a click of the mouse. Set several
waypoints and a destination that you control step by step. Plan your bus
tour throughout Germany. Zoom in on your coach as it takes you from one
attraction to another. With Vasco da Gama 12 you have no limits.

Design of the route is entirely up to you. When
planning a cruise, show what your dream trip should look like with high
quality objects. Taking yourself into the depths of Africa for research
or documentary purposes? Depict your excursion in a presentation or
documentary film. With the help of Vasco da Gama 12, make sophisticated
travel films for TV or lectures with an animated journey across the
globe. Spice up your footage to ensure your viewers react accordingly.

Let your dreams run wild! Model your route according
to individual criteria and use numerous and versatile effects. Benefit
from the real-time preview to directly and accurately make changes. Use
the professional, high-resolution technology to create high quality
videos. Quickly integrate your videos in common video editing systems
after production! Bring your film footage together with Vasco da Gama 12
to create travel movies indistinguishable from TV productions!

64bit support - more performance, more memory, more
possibilities

Thanks to 64-bit support, you can now
utilize the full potential of your system and create larger and more
beautiful projects for your travel animation with Vasco da Gama 12. Use
detailed maps and apply even more 3D models for planning your itinerary. No
more memory limit with 32Bit!

Multi-core support - use every core of your processor

Vasco da Gama 12 now distributes the
work to the various cores of your processor and can thus display maps up to
2-4 times faster.

Visual Highlights - from Aesthetic to
Spectacular

Use Vasco da Gama 12 to
create impressive animation effects. Emphasize the main subject
stylishly and subtly using the depth-of-field effect. Or combine the
effect with lens flares and scattering of the sun's rays in the Earth's
atmosphere. To create stunning and emotional scenes that will get a "wow"
from every viewer.

Simulation of Earth's atmosphere and
ambient lighting for more realistic representation of the earth

Sun animation: even more dynamic travel animations with
spectacular light and shadow interactions

Many trips last for hours or even days,
and pass through different time zones. In order to make a route animation
even more realistic, it makes sense to be able to specify different times of
day for the different stopping points on the route. For example, you can
start your trip at sunrise and travel into the evening. During the day the
lights and shadows change. And that at a fast pace! A really great effect.

City lights illuminate the night

Look forward to a very
special eye-catcher: you can simply switch on the city lights at night!
Darken the map and illustrate your travels with extraordinary visuals.
Enjoy the spectacular views as you fly over Europe at night. Just
imagine this experience with the latest version of Vasco da Gama.
Experience how the lights are slowly dimmed and the new day approaches
at dawn. A beautiful sight that turns your animation into the perfect
presentation.

Easy Flight Mode - Just one click to the flight

Create automatic launches and landings for
your flight, as well as all curve and tilt movements with just one click.
The Easy flight mode is available for the Easy Assist, as well as for the
expert mode of Vasco da Gama 12.

Landmask map
Sharper contours between land and sea

Basic maps of the world
More details for a better travel animation

The new map not only shows an improved contour of the
landmask, but also provides more details, especially around lakes and rivers.
Excellent in combination with the sun's reflection in water, the new
landmask map offers significantly more impressive results.

The new maps offer you 16 times more pixels per square
kilometer and 10 times the amount of data compared to previous maps. With
more details, you can now use Vasco da Gama 12 to create even more
attractive travel animations.

Camera running - you're the director

Benefit from the professional camera work with which you can direct your
travel videos ? down to the last detail. In Camera mode, you set the
angle, zoom, and more for each of your travel projects. So you can
easily view several route animations simultaneously and harmonize
perfectly. Switch to a bird's eye view as you fly across the Atlantic.
Zoom in close to admire the sights in the big cities. The clever
timeline allows you to create clear snapshots of the camera movement ?
for an excellent overview.

GPS features: Precise and detailed

Vasco da Gama 12 offers the
possibility to easily and precisely create routes from imported GPS
routes. We've further improved these functionalities for you. So you can
now enter GPS data manually and choose different display formats for the
GPS coordinates. In addition, import options have been expanded and
multi-tracks are automatically detected and summarized in one route.

Product comparison

Vasco da Gama 12

Advanced

HD Professional

HD Ultimate

Quickt & Easy Assist 3

YES

YES

YES

Depth of field effect

YES

YES

YES

Easy flight mode (flight movements with just one click)

YES

YES

YES

Switchable clouds

YES

YES

YES

64Bit processor support

YES

YES

YES

Multi-core processor support

YES

YES

YES

Optimized display quality (latest technologies)

YES

YES

YES

Creation of stereoscopic 3D videos

YES

YES

YES

Drones camera work

YES

YES

YES

Automatic camera control with camera profiles

YES

YES

YES

Fixed camera mode for motionless cards

YES

YES

YES

Manual camera work with keyframes

YES

YES

YES

Placing objects and texts at checkpoints

YES

YES

YES

Text at stopover points

YES

YES

YES

Adjustable route color, style and width

YES

YES

YES

3D object library

approx. 350

approx. 350

approx10.000

Using your own 2D objects (images) as head objects, key
objects or free objects.

Analysis of GPS data from images, allowing for images to
be placed automatically in the location where they were
taken.

NO

YES

YES

Support of High Definition Video
HDV, HDTV, 4K and Ultra HD

NO

YES

YES

Start of the route with exact time data

NO

YES

YES

Simulate up to 10 independent routes at the same time (rallies)

NO

YES

YES

Different speeds can be set for the selected objects

NO

YES

YES

Improved preview, i.a. the setting of mark in/out points

NO

YES

YES

Supports ShuttlePro and compatible input devices

NO

YES

YES

Object Package "Aircraft and Airlines 3"

NO

NO

YES

Object Package "Ships and Boats 2"

NO

NO

YES

Object Package "Landmarks 7 - Europe"

NO

NO

YES

Object Package "Landmarks 7 - North America"

NO

NO

YES

Object Package "Landmarks 7 - Asia"

NO

NO

YES

Object Package "Landmarks 7 - Latin America, Middle
East, Africa"

NO

NO

YES

Object Package "Wildtiere"

NO

NO

YES

Object Package "Cartoons 2"

NO

NO

YES

Object Package "Airports Germany"

NO

NO

YES

Earth Maps Adventure

NO

NO

YES

Earth Maps Aesthetic

NO

NO

YES

Earth Maps Classic

NO

NO

YES

Bonus Map "Mond"

NO

NO

YES

Bonus Map "Mars"

NO

NO

YES

Note: Due to the
change from Vasco da Gama 12 to 64Bit older object packages are no
longer supported! Customized files for Vasco da Gama 12 are provided for
all current object packages. Map packages are not affected by this and
can still be used.

Documentation

If you like to learn more
details about Vasco Da Gama 12, we recommend to download the
Manual in pdf format and have a look at it.

Annotation: Some
images contain additional object and/or map packages or have been
created with Vasco da Gama 12 HD Ultimate version of the software. These
optional packages are not part of Vasco da Gama 12 Advanced or Vasco da
Gama 12 HD Professional and can be purchased separately.